Do Muslims Observe The Sabbath?

The word for "Friday" in Arabic comes from the name of the special type of prayer performed on that day.

While Muslims do not celebrate the Sabbath like Jews or Christians, they do have a day of prayer that is a lot like many Christian church services. This day is Friday – in fact, the very word for Friday in Arabic comes from the name for the special prayer that is done only on that day. It’s also the day Muslims are expected to pray at mosque – all other days of the week Muslims may pray in private.

All men are required to attend Friday prayers; women can attend voluntarily. And men and women are separated once inside, praying in different areas. In some countries, Muslims go to mosque when the call to prayer is sounded from the nearest tower. The call is similar to church bells in Christianity, calling congregants to worship, although the call, itself, is a prayer.

In places where there is no call to prayer, the tradition of gathering on Friday is still observed. For Muslims these prayers are a powerful act of remembrance of Allah and an important part of community building.

The name Friday comes from the Old English Frīġedæġ, meaning the "day of Frigg", a result of an old convention equivocating the Old English goddess Frige with the Roman goddess Venus, with whom the day is associated in many different cultures. The same holds for Frīatag in Old High German, Freitag in Modern German and Vrijdag in Dutch.

The expected cognate name in Old Norse would be *friggjar-dagr. However, the name of Friday in Old Norse is frjá-dagr instead, indicating a loan of the weekday names from Low German.[3] The modern Scandinavian form is Fredag in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, meaning Freja's day. The distinction between Freja and Frigg in some Germanic mythologies is problematic.

Olivia ball

I need to nowhat Muslims do on a Friday how is there day planned ?

Ryan Shough

All the Muslims that I personally have known did gather on Friday for Prayer but it was for the purpose of welcoming in the Sabbath near sundown. They also kept the Sabbath very strictly and would not walk far even for food.

Eric Brian

Salaam Alaykum, You may awake one day in a nation, state, county, city, village, or hellhole subject to Sharia Law. Hope it isn't Friday.The first morning prayer call I heard jolted me straight out of bed. A person screaming what sounded like "Ah biddy, ahhhhhh, biddy ah! Bibly muhboobly hukhkogazini, bogazini grabyurweeny ahhhhh!!!" at the top of his lungs, thru loudspeakers, in the dark. I thought we were under attack!Jihadists weren't overrunning the base, thank God, but we were -- and are -- certainly under attack.During Ramadan, when all good Muslimes don't eat from sunup to sundown, the Imams, the Muttawa and prayer screamers were really pissed off at us.Islamists are at war -- with everything non-Islamic -- anywhere, everywhere. Muslims are the enemies of non-believer "Infidels" regardless of whether we or they know or refuse to recognize &/or avoid admitting it.FRIDAY IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA (KSA), UNDER THE KEEPER OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES, where once I lived: After Friday morning prayers, the King's Executioner conducts Chop-Chop Square in Riyadh, caning, chopping off body parts &/or executing "criminals." Talk about a bloody mess and an amazingly awful way to spend Prayer Day! Truly horrific.One thing good about the KSA; crime is not a huge social ill! They're not so big on freedom, either. Talk about a repressive, warped society.A man took his teen-aged daughter, tied her to a chair in their yard, poured gasoline on her, lit her on fire, and immolated her, to death. She had looked at the boy next door or wrongly at her father; God only knows what evil would convince even an inbred Islamist to torch his own "precious" daughter. No one did anything about this "honor killing" or whatever one wants to call it. I call it homicide, but Sharia Law did nothing to Daddy Dearest. Just another day in The Kingdom.In other places, they throw their accused, hands tied behind their backs, off high towers, onto their heads. Splat goes Ahmed!Can't wait 'til we have these fun activities where we live!Can you?Hell on Earth is here. It meets at your local mosque. Reject it and the "sons of Ishmael" Tell them get lost, "Mas Salaama. More baloney. Less salami." TTT"And Saying, Repent: for The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand." - Matthew 3:2 TTT"In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever."- Daniel 2:44 TTTNever give in, never surrender, never submit. Never say die.Oath Keeper][][][%

conscious

I BELIEVE ITS UP TO US TO SEEK THE TRUTH,ESPECIALLY IF YOU FEEL YOURE NOT BEING SPIRITUALLY FED.WE ALL ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT WE KNOW AND DIDNT DO AS WELL AS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR "NOT" SEEKING THE TRUTH...AMERICA HAS HIDDEN THE TRUTH FROM US FOR DECADES,STOP FEELING COMFORTABLE FOR WHAT THEY SHOW US,FIND THE TRUTH,RESEARCH AND COMPARE NOTES,STUDY THE BIBLE,STUDY THE QUR`AN AND THE REVEALED BOOKS THATS ATTATCHED TO IT....DONT ALLOW AMERICA TO KEEP RAPING YOUR MIND BECAUSE ITS MERLY POISON AND TOXIC FOR YOU SPIRITUALLY........

70sghettocat

You're Caps Lock key is on, BTW.Sadly, America doesn't seem to have much use for any religion. I think Americans tend to go to church more (at least the Christians here) than our European bretheran, but I'm not sure what the statistics are for Muslims and Jews.But people don't pray in public places, and no sign of reverence is given to sacred places, and in the workplace people try to avoid the topic of religion. Fortunately, I've met many Muslims at work who are happy to talk about their religion. I've seen Islaam convert many peoples lives and give them purpose.If, as a Christian, you feel that Sunday Mass is a hoax, you can still go to anticipatory Mass on Saturday evening. So that's what I'm going to do to observe what God asks of us in Leviticus. And I will spend Saturday in religious reflection and do my work on Sunday.I feel it is most important to love God above all else, and to love everyone he created as much as ourselves. All the other commandments follow these two. But that's Christianity for ya!

Cma Energy

This world is coming to reality with the stupidity of different religious cults, (Sunday observers, and the observance of the 6TH day )Where did God change the day of rest in the bible? It is not there. search the scriptures and you will not find it!The change came from the pagan observers of the Catholic papacy! Year approx. 321 AD. Look it up in history. Look this up in the catholic papers and you will find it. They say they have the right to change times and laws. Where does the bible speak about HE (Satan) will think to change times and (LAWS) 321 AD. God will impliment all the holy days whether you like it or not. Just study lev 23. And you will find the traditions of man are repulsive to him. And those who are left will (still) be keeping the sabath 7Th day Sabath, Saturday!Ignore this and you are being FOOLISHLY blind!

twitch

Praise God that you know the truth!

WildChild

So . . . explain why you're ranting about controversial Christian topics on a website dedicated to explaining what ISLAM teaches? This site is meant to bring people of different faiths together by helping them learn more about each other. It is NOT meant for you to argue over when the Christian sabbath should or shouldn't be and tell people they're all following Satan. I am a Christian and I am offended by your very un-Christian attitude.